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Harry's Place (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is a cross post by Alex Hitchens from Standpoint In Comment is Free (CiF), Shaaz Mahboob, the Vice-Chair of British Muslims for Secular Democracy (BMSD), has written a piece in which he asks Stop the Islamisation of Europe (SIOE) to call off their planned demonstration outside the Harrow Mosque. BMSD have also written an open [...]
Harry's Place (Free subscription) | yesterday
Say BMSD: It has become apparent since the 31 October demo any attempts to curtail the religious freedom and human rights of the citizens of this country will be met with stiff resistance by pro-democracy groups like ours. Whether such attempts are made by the likes of Anjem Choudary who daydreams of implementing his own version [...]
Lance Mannion (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Geoff, the director: How do you feel? Jack, the star: I'm going to throw up. Geoff: Use it. Don't tell me you still haven't watched Slings and Arrows? The blonde and I are off to New York City tonight. When we return, will a tale unfold whose lightest word will harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, make they two eyes like stars start from their spheres, thy knotted and combined locks to part...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
If a demonstration against 'the Islamisation of Europe' takes place next month, our peaceful protest will be there to meet it Ever since our successful demonstration against al-Muhajiroun (under the name of Islam4UK) on the 31 October which turned into a celebration of democracy and freedom , we have been inundated with calls and emails from Muslims and non-Muslims alike who have expressed their appreciation...
KHOODEELAAR! calling for a truthful parliament (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
By © Muhammad Haque 2150 Hrs GMT Thursday 25 October 2007 Khoodeelaar! The East End of London campaign against the CrossRail hole Bill notes the unconstitutional attitude as expressed by the transport minister Tom Harris in your report. Mr Harris is showing undemocratic contempt for the principles and the practice of the sovereignty of parliament by expressing the presumption that he does nit...
sOmEThiNg foR thE wEEkenD, SIR? (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Screaming Lord Sutch singing Dracula's Daughter. A Joe Meek Production from the 60's. I must admit I have a soft spot for rock stars that dress up as Count Dracula and have a coffin and a skull on stage as a prop. In fact I think he used to emerge from the coffin at the start of his act! Great sound effects too. One of the very first records I ever bought was "Jack The Ripper" accompanied...
AngelaLansburyAuthorDiary (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I'm going to summarize my speech on How To Give A Good Speech but first here's where I gave the speech and where I'll be speaking next. I won a ribbon at Harrovians Toastmasters on Monday 16th November 2009 for my five minute prepared talk on How To Give A Good Speech. It was my rehearsal for my talk to U3A. I rehearsed again on Thursday at Harrow Writers' Circle but was stunned to hear that another...
Environment Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Call it their helplessness, reluctance or the plain denial to shun the abhorrent habit; it makes smokers despicable to others (who do not smoke). Besides, it is cancerous to environment. However, the London Borough at Harrow hopes to lend some...
Laudator Temporis Acti (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Prudentius, Against Symmachus 2.277-316 (tr. H.J. Thomson): If we must needs scrupulously observe and keep up all that was customary in the rude years of the nascent world, let us roll all time back on its tracks right up to the beginning, and decide to condemn step by step all that successive experience has found out in later ages. When the world was new no cultivators brought the land into subjection....
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Pub a day (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Weyhill Fair, Weyhill, Hampshire , originally uploaded by Mike Cattell . Weyhill Fair was the longest lived of any of the rural fairs and was actually three separate fairs held on 11th April, the last Friday in July and from October 9th to the 12th. It was held to the west of Andover on the Fair Ground, a parcel of land at the junction of two ancient ways - the 'Gold road' from Holyhead which was...
British National Party (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
£5,000 is not enough money for Black History Month in Harrow, according to dozens of black activists in the borough.
Northern Heckler's Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The tragedy of a a person being hit by a train in the Harrow & Wealdstone area, thus suspending all trains in and out of Euston Station gives the unexpected silver lining of me being able to resurrect my much neglected blog. I’m interested today by the Cameron Gift Calculator on the front page of the [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Cultural diplomat and curator of the Sydney Biennale Cultural diplomat and radical curator of the Sydney Biennale The loss of the art curator Nick Waterlow, who has been found dead aged 68, has robbed the Australian – and international – art community of an individual both pastoral and radical. Under Waterlow's directorship, the Sydney Biennale became an international showcase for contemporary...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Whether we will it or not, who we are is seen clearly in the black ink of our doing and on the white paper of possibility.
Ambush Predator (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
There's a lot of development going on in Thamesmead : The Trust Thamesmead project, to be funded through a £5m grant from the government’s myplace programme , will transform the arches underneath the Harrow Manorway flyover into a series of facilities for young people . Interconnected pods will provide updated and expanded facilities for existing activities such as the Archway Project a...
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